Tom O' Brien, author and playwright

THE TWENTY FIVE BEST PLAYS OF ALL TIME

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE 25 BEST PLAYS OF ALL TIME, ACCORDING TO THE TELEGRAPH. ONLY TWO IRISH PLAYS QUALIFY; WAITING FOR GODOT AND THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE. NO ROOM FOR O’CASEY, SYNGE OR BEHAN? SHAKESPEARE GETS ONLY TWO, HAMLET AND A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. CARYL CHURCHILL GETS ONE, AS DOES VACLAV HAVEL AND NOEL COWARD. BETTER THAN TENNESSEE WILLIAMS OR BRIAN FRIEL? JOE ORTON, TOM STOPPARD, JOHN OSBORNE ETC, I DON’T THINK SO.